Delta Burke is best known for her portrayal
as Suzanne Sugarbaker in CBS's Designing Women which ran for five seasons. She received two Emmy award nominations for Best
Actress in a Comedy Series. She represented Florida in the Miss America Pagent, and won a talent scholarship, which she used
to attend a two-year study program at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Her first television role came after
only one month of her arrival in Los Angeles.She starred in two mini-series, The Seekers and The Chisolms. She had the leading
role in the series Filthy Rich and a starring role in HBO's first weekly series, First and Ten. jThrough her own production
company, Perseverance, Inc., Delta produced and starred in the ABC television series Delta. She actually sang in the series
and dyed her dark hair blonde for the role. She was reunited with Designing Women creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason when she
starred in and produced Women of the House. Much of her time now is spent designing clothing and managing her New York company,
Delta Burke Design, which is becoming very successful. She is married to actor Gerald McRaney. They live in New Orleans, LA
when not working or traveling.